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Objectives
• To familiarise the students with the social, political, economic and intellectual contexts in which sociology
emerged as a distinctive discipline.
• To help students gain an understanding of some of the classical contributions in sociology and their continuing
relevance to its contemporary concerns.
Sr. No. Content

1 The Development of Sociology in the 19th Century

2 Auguste Comte: Intellectual Background, Theory of evolution and progress, The

law of three stages, Hierarchy of the sciences, Social statics and social dynamics

3 Karl Marx: Intellectual Background, Materialistic interpretation of history,

Emergence of capitalism, theory of capitalist development- Commodities,
surplus value, and processes of capitalism

4 Karl Marx: Emergence of classes and class conflict, Alienation in the capitalist
society, Marx’s theory of social change

5 Emile Durkheim: Intellectual Background, Contribution to the methodology of

Sociology – Sociology as a Science - concept of social facts
6 Emile Durkheim: Division of labour in Society – mechanical solidarity and

organic solidarity, Theory of suicide, Theories of Religion

7 Max Weber: Intellectual Background, Sociology as an interpretative science,

Concepts of Verstehen and ideal types, Theory of social action – types of social
actions

8 Max Weber: Analysis of modern capitalism. Protestant ethic and emergence of
capitalism, Concepts of status, class and power, Authority and power – types of
authority, Bureaucracy

9 Vilfredo Pareto: Intellectual Background, Contribution to the methodology –
logico – experimental method,

10 Vilfredo Pareto: Classification of logical and non-logical actions, Theory of
residues and derivatives, Theory of social change- Types of elites, their
classification, circulation of Elites.